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Internationally acclaimed by critics and audiences alike, Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan' is an unforgettable film achievement that has had profound and lasting impact throughout the world. Winner of Five Academy Awards including Best Director, the film also captured Oscars for Cinematography, Film Editing, Sound and Sound Efects Editing. More than 70 critics (including those at 'Time Magazine', 'USA Today', 'The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly') and critics' groups in New York, Chicago, Dallas-Ft.Worth and Great Britain named the film Best Picture of the year, while in Toronto and Broadcast film critics honoured it with both Best Picture and Best Director awards. In addition, Spielberg recieved his third Directors Guild of America Award, the American Legion "The Spirit Of Normandy" Award, a USO Merit Award from the USO of Metropolitan Washington, as well as the highest civilian puplic service awardfrom the Department of the Army. Selected for more than 160 Top Ten lists, Saving Private Ryan's other honours include Golden Globes for Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director, the Producers Guild of America Award and ten nominations from the British Academy Film Awards. Saving Private Ryan was the top-grossing motion picture of 1998
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